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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know®
P.W. Singer - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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A generation ago, "cyberspace" was just a term from science fiction, used to describe the nascent network of computers linking a few university labs. Today, our entire modern way of life, from communication to commerce to conflict, fundamentally depends on the Internet. And the cybersecurity... |
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Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN
Gary Williams - Naval Institute Press
Format: Paperback
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Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation's highest military honor for service in Afghanistan, Lt. Murphy was also... |
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The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
David Crist - Penguin Press HC, The; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open warFor three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in a secret war. It is a conflict... |
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
Bernard Lewis
Format: Print book
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In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us |
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert D. Kaplan - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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On the world maps common in America, the Indian Ocean all but disappears. The Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region is relegated to the edges, split up along the maps’ outer reaches. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed... |
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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
James D. Hornfischer - Bantam; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts James D Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about Americarsquos World War II Navy works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information Now he does... |
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The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
Jason Redman - William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Decorated US navy SEAL lieutenant Jason Redman was critically wounded in 2007 while leading a mission against a key al-Qaida commander, when his mobility and assault forces team was ambushed and he was struck by machine-gun fire at point-blank range. During the intense recovery that followed,... |
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Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level
David Marquet - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Covey inspired millions with his writings but where did Dr. Covey get his inspiration? This is the story of one such source, one that Dr. Covey himself called the most empowered organization he had ever seen - and a nuclear powered submarine no less. From the vantage point of the commander... |
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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
P W Singer - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself P. W. Singer?s previous two books foretold the rise of private military contractors... |
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